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  • Usage in publication:
    • Atchison shale
  • Modifications:
    • Original reference
Publication:

Keyes, C.R., 1899, The Missourian series of the Carboniferous: American Geologist, v. 23, p. 298-316.


Summary:

Atchison shales, 500 feet thick, extend from top of Forbes limestone to base of Cottonwood limestone.

Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 85).


For more information, please contact Nancy Stamm, Geologic Names Committee Secretary.

Asterisk (*) indicates published by U.S. Geological Survey authors.

"No current usage" (†) implies that a name has been abandoned or has fallen into disuse. Former usage and, if known, replacement name given in parentheses ( ).

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